Athipookal

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Athipookal was an Indian Tamil-language soap opera that aired during weekdays on Sun TV from 3 December 2007 to 14 December 2012. The show starred Devadarshini, Chetan, Sathish, Santhiya, Venkat, Raani, Vietnam Veedu Sundaram, Thilakshi, T. S. Raghavendar, Premi, V.R. Thilakam and among others, produced by Saregama and is directed by K. Shanmugam, R.P Marudhu and K.Shiva. It is one of well known serials in Sun TV at afternoon band (2.00pm slot). It received high praising. The show now currently retelecasting at the same channel from March 1 onwards at 10:30 am.^[1]

Synopsis

The show story revolves around Padma (Devadarshini) Manokar (Chetan/Sathish) and Karpagam (Sandhya). Manohar and Padma are a happy couple, but even after many years of marriage, they are unable to have a child. Padma's sister in law Anjali(Rani) is jealous of Padma's wealth and covertly slips in medicines in Padma's food to make her infertile. Karpagam bears Manokar's child as a surrogate mother. The baby boy is born and named Shiva. Things turn bitter when Manokar and Karpagam are falsely accused of having an illegal relationship, and Padma wholeheartedly believes her sister in law and is angry with Manohar and Karpagam. Padma even agreed to divorce Manohar and Anjali does evil schemes with the help of her assistant Maha to permanently separate the couple and succeeds in brainwashing Padma. At one point, Padma got to know the cruel acts Anjali has done, such as poisoning her and kidnapping her child. Knowing this, Padma confronts Maha of all the wrongfulness both her and Anjali have done. Maha realises her mistakes and admits all the wrongdoings to Padma. However, Anjali eavesdropped Padma and Maha's conversation and kills Maha for the backstabbing she had done. In the end, Padma and Manohar reunite, and their life turns better. Karpagam is relieved for the heartwarming moment she had been wanting. However, Anjali comes back to shoot Padma and Manohar, but Karpagam gets shot, but after a full recovery, she returns to Badrinath. Anjali is sent to jail and given punishment for many years for the murder of Maha as well as kidnapping her child.

Cast

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Main cast

Devadarshini as Padma
Chetan / Satheesh Kumar as Mano alias Manokar
Sandhya Jagarlamudi as Karpagam
Rani as Anjali, Padma's sister in law,The Main antagonist

Recurring cast

Iniya as Maha (Anjali's assistant)
Sukiran as Dhakshinamoorthy (Karpagam's brother)
Oorvambu Lakshmi as Mangaa (Karpagam's anni)
Super Good Kannan as Shekhar, Padma’s elder brother, Anjali’s husband and Vijay’s father
Vietnam Veedu Sundaram as Krishnaswamy (Mano's uncle)
Venkat as Senthil Kumaran, Karpagam’s interest
Sumangali
K. S. Jayalakshmi
J.lalitha as Padma's mother
Sangeetha Balan as Saroja
Thilakshi
Neelima Rani / Deepa Nethran as Renukha
T. S. Raghavendar
Premi
Kannan as Dilakam
Dubbing Janaki - Karpagam, Eshwari and Dakshinamoorthy’s mother
Pooja Lokesh as Eshwari,karpagam sister
Dr. Sharmila as doctor jhansi
Sivakavitha
Ceylon Manohar
Jashak
Jangiri Madhumitha as Bhanu
Devipriya as Regina Victor

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Original Soundtrack

The title song was composed by X.Paulraj and was sung by famous singer Saindhavi with lyrics written by Dr.Kiruthiya.

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International broadcast

The Series was released on 3 December 2007 on Sun TV. The Show was also broadcast internationally on Channel's international distribution. It aired in Sri Lanka, South East Asia, Middle East, United States, Canada, Europe, Oceania, South Africa and Sub Saharan Africa on Sun TV. The show's episodes were released on YouTube channel Saregama TVShows from 2013.